Loading device



w. R. BARNHA RT, JR. LOADING DEVICE.

APPLI-CATIQN FILED JULY14 19I9- '1,321,781. Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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W. R. BARNHART, JR.

LOADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION. FILED JULY 14 1919.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. BARNHART, JR., OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

' LOADING DEVICE.

Application filed July 14, 1919.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RAPPH BARNHART, J12, a c1t1zen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wooster, in the county of lVayne, State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loading Devices, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to loading devices for loading bricks and similararticles onto railway cars or other vehicles and has for its object toprovide a device by which a load of bricks or similar articles piled orarranged in a definite order on a movable platform or yard car, may betransferredto the railway car or other vehicle without d sturbing thepile or arrangement of the br cks or other articles and without injuryto the bricks or other articles, thus saving the ex? pense of rehandlingas well as the loss by breakage liable to result from rehandhng. Afurther object of the invention is to provide a device for the purposeindicated which may be readily shifted from one place to another withouttaking it apart.

lVith these and other objects hereinafter explained in view my inventionconsists 1n the construction and combination of elements hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings;

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a complete loadingdevice embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1 but showing the loading deviceresting on a vehicle ready to be moved to another place.

Fig. i is a detail side view of one of the rails carried by thesuspended frames showing the joint between the portions of the rail.

Fig. 5 is a detail cross sectional-view of the movable platform or yardcar.

Fig. 6 is an end view of the inclinedtrack support with the railsupporting brackets in position to permit the loading device to bemoved.

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a detail side new of the end support of the inclined track.

In the drawings 1 and 2 indicate the terminal portions of rails adaptedto support Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Serial No. 310,631.

the wheels 3 of a movable platform or yard car a. The terminal portion 1is hinged 01' jointed at 5 to a horizontal portion 6 and the terminalportion 2 is hinged or jointed at a point in line with 5, to ahorizontal portion similar to and parallel with 6, not necessary to beshown. The forward ends of the terminal portions 1 and 2 rest on thelower cross bar 7 of a suspended frame formed by the lower cross bar 7,uprights 8 and 9, and upper cross bar 10. Midway between the ends of theupper cross bar 10 is swiveled the lower end of a screw 11, this screwextending upward through a cross bar 13 which is supported by uprights14: and 15, resting on suitable bases adapted to rest on the groundwithout being permanently secured thereto. The uprights ll and 15 aresuitably braced together to form a rigid structure. The screw 11 isprovided at its upper end with a hand wheel 16 by which the screw may berotated to raise or lower the frame formed by the cross bars 7 and 10and the uprights 8 and 9, to raise or lower the forward ends of theterminal portions 1 and 2 of the rails.

A second suspended frame corresponding in construction to the suspendedframe above described as formed by the cross bars 7 and 10 and theuprights 8 and 9, is located in line with the rear ends of the terminalportions 1 and 2, with its lower cross bar directly below th joint orhinge 5 and the joint or hinge at the rear end of the terminal portion2. This second suspended frame is preferably provided with two elevatingand lowering screws 20 and 21 eX- tending through nuts 22 and 23respectively,

on a cross bar 24 carried by uprights corresponding to uprights 1i and15. The cross bars 13 and 2d are connected together by longitudinal rods25 so as to form a rigid supporting structure sufiiciently strong tosupport the weight of the track anda loaded car. The horizontal portion6 and the corresponding portion of the other rail are arranged to besupported at their rear ends in line with the rails of an inclined track32 carried by a series of upright frames 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, ofgradually decreasing height suitably braced together to form a rigidstructure.

The rear ends of the horizontal portion 6 and the corresponding portionof the other rail are detachably supported in line with horizontalportions to .niove shown in'Fig. 5. In the construction shown theuprights of the end frame 26 are each provided with ahinged bracket 50'resting,

when in line with and supporting the ends of these horizontal portions,on a cross bar 51 carried by the uprights and so constructed that whenswung outward as shown inrig. 6, they will be out of the way of theends-of these horizontal portions.

A pulley 33 is carried by the end frame 26 midway between the uprightswhich carry the brackets 50, in bearings 3a supported by the'cross bar,51 and braces 52, and on this pulley is carried an endless cable 35 formoving the movable platform or yard car a up the inclined track onto theelevated rails carried by the suspended frames. These suspended frameshold the portions of the track carried by them, when the device is to beused for loading, at an elevation sufiic'iently high to permit thevehicle to be loaded, here shown as a railway car 40, to be run underthem and to allow some space for dumping;

The movable platform or yard car 4: is preferably formed of a'pair of Ibeams 11 and 42 provided on their under sides with suitablebearings forthe axles of the wheels 3 which are arranged on the outsides of the Ibeams, and provided on their inner sides between their flanges withbearings for the ends of rollers 48. These rollers 43 are arranged closetogether so as to form a suitable support for the pile of bricks 45 offwhich the bricks will slide or slip when the front end of the car issufficiently depressed as hereinafter described. A suitable brace 47 atthe rear end of the car serves to prevent the pile of'bricks fromsliding off the rear end of'thecar as the car is drawn up theinclinedtrack. I i

a The elevating and lowering screws 11, 20 and 21 are of such lengththat when rotated to lower the suspended frames they will bring thelower cross bars against the platform of the vehicle 40 and when furtherrotated, they will lift the cross bars 13 and 2t andwith them thesupporting uprights 14; and 15 andthe uprights which support the crossbar 24 sothat the bases of these uprights will be clear of the groundand the complete loading device, except the inclined track, may be movedby the vehicle to any desired place. i

In operation when the railway car or other vehicle -10 isin positionbelow the suspended frames as shown in Fig. 1, a movable platform ofyard car 4 previously loaded with bricks or otherarticles arranged in a'definite order or pile, is drawn up the inclined track 32 by the endlesscable 35, or by other means if preferred, the movable platform or yardcar being connected to the cable, if the cable is used, at its rear end,and is pushed forward onto the portion of the track which is carried bythe suspended frames until about one-third of the length of the movableplatform or yard car is forward of the forward suspended frame. The handwheel is then operated to rotate screw 11 to lower the forward suspendedframe thus lowering the front ends of the hinged terminal portions 1 and2 and lowering with them the front end of the movable platform or yardcar l to substantially the level of the platform of the railway car orother vehicle 10, the inclination being suflicient to cause the bricks15 to slip or slide off the movable platform or yard car moving on therollers 13, onto the vehicle -10 which should be drawn forwardlygradually so as to receive the bricks as they leave the movableplatform. In this way the bricks will be delivered onto the car or othervehicle 40 without shock or ar and without danger of breakage and in theorder in which they were aranged on the movable platform or yard car sothat no repiling or other rehandling is necessary.

when all of the bricks from a particular kiln or storage pile have beendisposed of by first piling them on the movable platform or yard car andtransferring them to the railway cars or other vehicles in the mannerabove described, the hinged brackets 50 are swung outward out of the wayof the ends of the horizontal portions 6 and the corresponding parallelrail, and the screws 11, 20 and 21 are rotated by means of their handwheels to lower the suspended frames till their lower cross bars rest onthe platform of the railway car or other vehicle l0, and are thenfurther rotated to raise the cross bars 13 and 24 and with them thesupporting uprights, until the bases of these uprights are clear of theground. The railway car or other vehicle may then be moved, carryingwith it the complete loading device, to such other place near a secondkiln or pile of bricks as may be desired to load on cars or othervehicles for transportation. The inclined track will, of course, need tobe separately transported unless a separate inclined track is used inconnection with the second ,kiln or pile of bricks. \V hen the loadingdevice is in its new position, all that is necessary is to rotate thescrews 11, 20 and 21 until the bases of the uprights rest 'on the groundand then by further rotating the screws,-lift the suspended frames untilthe rail 6 and the parallel rail are in line with the rails of theinclined track, swing the brackets 50 into position to support the endsof these rails andthe device is again ready for operation.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is:

1. In a loading device the combination of rails adapted to carry amovable platform each comprising two portions jointed together, asuspended frame supporting the forward ends of the rails, a secondsuspended frame supporting the rails at the joints between the portionsthereof, the suspended frames being adapted to permit the movableplatform to pass through them, and means for raising and lowering thefirst suspended frame.

2. In a loading device the combination of rails adapted to carry amovable platform each comprising two portions jointed together, asuspended frame supporting the forward ends of the rails, a secondsuspended frame supporting the rails at the joints between the portionsthereof, the suspended frames being adapted to permit the movableplatform to pass through them, means for supporting the suspendedframes, and means for raising and lowering the suspended framesindependently.

3. In a loading device the combination of rails adapted to carry amovable platform each comprising two portions jointed together, asuspended frame supporting the forward ends of the rails, a secondsuspended frame supporting the rails at the joints between the portionsthereof, the suspended frames being adapted to permit the movableplatform to pass through them, means for supporting the suspendedframes, means for raising and lowering the first suspended frame, atrack having the forward ends of its rails supported at an elevation inline with the rear ends of the rails carried by the suspended frames,and means carried by the track support for supporting the rear ends ofsaid rails carried by the suspended frames.

4. In a loading device the combination of rails adapted to carry amovable platform each comprising two portions jointed together, asuspended frame supporting the forward ends of the rails, a secondsuspended frame supporting the rails at the joints between the portionsthereof, the suspended frames being adapted to permit the movableplatform to pass through them, means for supporting the suspendedframes, and means for raising and lowering the suspended framesindependently, a track leading to the rear ends of the rails carried bythe suspend ed frames, and means for supporting the rear ends of saidrails.

5. In a loading device the combination of rails adapted to carry amovable platform each comprising two portions jointed together, asuspended frame supporting the forward ends of the rails, a secondsuspended frame supporting the rails at the joints between the portionsthereof, the suspended frames being adapted to permit the movableplatform to pass through them, a support ing frame for supporting thesuspended frames comprising uprights having bases adapted to rest on theground, a vehicle adapted to be run under the suspended frames, andmeans for raising and lowering the suspended frames adapted to lower thesuspended frames onto the vehicle and to raise the supporting frame sothat its bases will be free from the ground and the complleilzestructure will be supported by the ve 6. In a loading device thecombination of rails adapted to carry a movable platform each comprisingtwo portions jolnted together, a suspended frame supporting the forwardends of the rails, a second suspend ed frame supporting the rails at thejoints between the portions thereof, the suspended frames being adaptedto permit the movable platform to pass through them, a supporting framefor supporting the suspended frames comprising uprights having basesadapted to rest on the ground, a vehicle adapted to be run under thesuspended frames, means for raising and lowering the suspended framesadapted to lower the suspended frames onto the vehicle and to raise thesupporting frame so that its bases will be free from the ground and thecomplete structure will be supported by the vehicle, a track leading tothe rear ends of the rails carried by the suspended frames, and meansfor supporting the rear ends of said rails.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature this 11 day of July 1919.

W. R. BAR-NHART, JR.

Witness CHAS. F. MILLER.

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